{"id":2605,"date":"2026-09-25T17:11:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2026-09-25T17:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:11:43","slug":"israel-player-sent-off-for-mimicking-firing-a-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/israel-player-sent-off-for-mimicking-firing-a-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel player sent off&#8230; for mimicking firing a gun?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-33.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-33.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-33-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-33-767x432.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sayed Abu Farchi was sent off during Austria vs Israel following a controversial celebration with the corner flag, with onlookers divided over whether he was gesturing with a firearm or playing pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The opening round of the UEFA Nations League produced its first major flashpoint during Austria&#8217;s clash with Israel, where Sayed Abu Farchi sparked outrage with a controversial celebration after netting the visitors&#8217; equaliser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forward dashed straight over to wield the flag and appeared to mimic firing a weapon. That was the immediate conclusion reached by many onlookers, though others argued he was simply imitating a cue shot in pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The footage ignited a storm across social media, drawing fierce criticism towards the attacker. The referee took decisive action, brandishing a second yellow card amid the celebrations to send him off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sayed Abu Farchi was sent off during Austria vs Israel  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions\/2607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}